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View Surname: Vass


VASS
SOURCE: Occupation
USAGE: Hungarian
Meaning & History
Derived from the old Hungarian term vass meaning "iron", referring to a worker in iron, a miner of iron core or a vendor of goods so manufactured. Alternatively, from the same root word, it may have been a nickname referring to distinctively strong constitution.
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